LOT 3306
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Petra mint.
'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left / Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.(4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255.
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LOT 3306
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.56gr, 9mm, 6h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). 1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 435-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Goat walking to right; AINI above, crab below foreleg. May 292-309; HGC 3.2, 1277. 1.18gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 457. Property of a London antiquarian.
